Movies like Contratiempo (2018)
The best movies like Contratiempo (2018) are Trouble (2018), My Daughter Was Stolen (2018) and Under the Bed (2017). If Contratiempo hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCamino (2008)7.6/10 from 230 votes
- NewestMexican Psycho (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishOperación E (2012)Also in Spanish
Trouble (2018)
A feuding brother and sister entangle the fate of an old friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
My Daughter Was Stolen (2018)
A mother's worst nightmare becomes reality when her five-year-old daughter mysteriously disappears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Under the Bed (2017)
A stalker takes up residence underneath the bed of his female target. Inspired by true events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Operación E (2012)
A thriller centered on a family taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Girl Missing (2015)
15 yrs after she was left in a ditch, a young woman is contacted by a millionaire from NYC who claims to be her mother. When she arrives at the family estate, she finds herself in the middle of a mysterious plot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
16 and Missing (2015)
A 16 year old girl goes missing after an online relationship with an older man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Deadly Attraction (2016)
Six months after the death of her last husband, Ruby marries Nicholas, a wealthy politician. Very soon he is found dead leaving his daughter to bring Ruby to justice before she can strike again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Camino (2008)
A religious organization interferes with the life of a terminally ill girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDiana (2018)
Madrid, Spain. The bedroom of Sofía, a luxury escort. Her new client, who has introduced himself as Hugo and appears to be an educated businessman, discovers that she has a name tattooed on her leg: Diana. Hugo cannot help asking her who Diana is.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Skin in the Game (2019)
Abducted off the sidewalk of suburban America, fifteen year old Dani finds herself submerged in the horrific underground world of human trafficking. With no initial assistance from the police, Dani's mother and an ex-prostitute take to the streets in an effort to find her before it is too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Sins of the Preacher (2013)
After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2016)
When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisExit Elena (2012)
A live-in aide adjusts to life with the family who employ her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Couple in a Hole (2016)
A middle-aged couple who have renounced civilization to live in a cave in the woods are befriended by a local farmer with mysterious ulterior motives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Misfortune (2016)
When a young man, down on his luck, learns about his father's killer's parole, it sets off a cat and mouse chase through the hostile desert, searching for a hidden family inheritance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Family Vanished (2018)
A happy family returns from a vacation to find their home invaded by a criminal family and must fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Yucatán (2018)
Two white collar thieves compete fiercely against the other trying to steal to an old baker the millions he won on the lotto.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisFor a Handful of Kisses (2014)
A girl. A boy. A love story. But also about dreams, fears, life, true love, friendship and how we deal with it. And a secret between them...
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisClyde Cooper (2018)
A private investigator is hired to track down a missing girl on the run from a mysterious Silicon Valley corporation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
I'm Not Ready for Christmas (2015)
Holly finds her world turned upside-down when she suddenly finds herself incapable of lying. (Don’t you hate when that happens?) It’s because of a wish her niece made to Santa Claus. And now, with Christmas coming up fast, she has to come to terms with her natural penchant to want to fib while trying to do the right thing. And that’s no lie.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisMexican Psycho (2026)
Follows an "ultra-violent and intelligent" psychopath who challenges the police by leaving a white paper rabbit at each crime scene, connecting them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe House of Snails (2021)
A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAndrea: La Venganza del Espíritu (2005)
A young girl named Andrea unleashes a spirit after removing a cross on a sacred holy ground cemetery. The spirit starts terrorizing Andrea and her family. Andrea's family, witch doctors, and spiritual healers battle the spirit in attempts to return to a normal life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like this6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCheat (2023)
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFrank and Penelope (2022)
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlackwood (2014)
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Widow (1987)
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Contratiempo?
The closest matches to Contratiempo are Trouble (2018), My Daughter Was Stolen (2018) and Under the Bed (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Contratiempo?
People who watched Contratiempo most often go on to Trouble (2018), My Daughter Was Stolen (2018) and Under the Bed (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like Contratiempo?
Camino (2008), rated 7.6/10 by 230 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Contratiempo?
Mexican Psycho (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Contratiempo?
Yes: Operación E (2012), Camino (2008) and Diana (2018).
How are movies similar to Contratiempo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Contratiempo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.